EF21C9: The most esthetic one, with the sharp Henmilite crystal standing up in one small pocket created on the mamiliary Olshanskyite.
Fuka Mine, Fuka, Bicchu-cho (Bitchu-cho), Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island  Japan (2003)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4.2 × 1.5 cm = 1.77” × 1.65” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 0.45 cm = 0.18”

TZ97L5: Nice specimen from the type locality of this rare calcium copper borate. Henmilite shows well defined faces and edges with a deep blue color that contrasts with the white Olshanskyite matrix. Actually the access to the Fuka mine is strictly prohibited and controlled.
The specimen is accompanied by the label from the collection of the first specimen’s discoverer, with the handwritten notation of the date on which this specimen was extracted (February 2004). We will send the label to the buyer with this fine Henmilite.
The specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Rocks & Minerals’ on page 57 in the volume 91, number 1, Jan/Feb 2016
Fuka Mine, Fuka, Bicchu-cho (Bitchu-cho), Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island  Japan (14/02/2004)

Specimen size: 6 × 3.8 × 3.5 cm = 2.36” × 1.50” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”

GV46P9: An esthetic miniature from a locality already historic. Its crystals have the dark tones typical of Korean samples, they have very well defined faces and edges and are very bright, with small coatings of white rhombohedral crystals of Calcite.
Tae Hwa Mine, Neungam-ri, Angseong-myeon, Chungju, Chungcheongbukdo  South Korea (±1985)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.8 × 2.4 cm = 1.26” × 1.10” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.6 cm = 0.71” × 0.63”

VC99Y5: Parallel growth of two very sharp dipyramidal Scheelite crystals, more translucent and with a clearer color than usual on the samples from Korea, and with the habitual paragenesis of the mine: Quartz, Ferberite, Pyrite, Muscovite.
Tae Hwa Mine, Neungam-ri, Angseong-myeon, Chungju, Chungcheongbukdo  South Korea

Specimen size: 5.9 × 4.6 × 4.1 cm = 2.32” × 1.81” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.5 cm = 1.18” × 0.98”

EB7S9: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2011. A floater crystal of green pistachio color, with very simple forms but with a very uncommon habit, the predominance of a very well developed frontal pinacoid that results in the crystal being really smooth.
Maldin Koh, Maldin, Ras Koh Mountains, Kharan District, Balochistan (Baluchistan)  Pakistan (2011)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 6.4 × 2.7 cm = 2.52” × 2.52” × 1.06”

EC47S9: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2011. A floater crystal of green pistachio color, with very simple forms but with a very uncommon habit, the predominance of a very well developed frontal pinacoid that results in the crystal being really smooth.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 29 in number 2011/2
Maldin Koh, Maldin, Ras Koh Mountains, Kharan District, Balochistan (Baluchistan)  Pakistan (2011)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 6.9 × 4.6 cm = 2.80” × 2.72” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 3.2 cm = 1.73” × 1.26”

EP87K1: Parallel growth of two dipyramidal crystals with flat pinacoidal terminations. Their luster is very good and they are black with bluish reflections. On matrix, with small crystals of Quartz and Albite.
Kharan District, Balochistan (Baluchistan)  Pakistan (2006)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 3.2 × 3.8 cm = 2.13” × 1.26” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.5 cm = 0.35” × 0.20”

EP68K1: Parallel growth of four dipyramidal crystals with flat pinacoidal terminations. The crystal is black with bluish reflections. It is on a matrix of Quartz and Albite.

Kharan District, Balochistan (Baluchistan)  Pakistan (2006)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 2.7 × 2.2 cm = 2.17” × 1.06” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.47” × 0.43”

EM17K1: Very acute dipyramidal crystals, two of them dominant, with excellent luster and a considerable transparency. They are brown, an unusual color for the species, and are on a matrix of small crystals of Albite.
Kharan District, Balochistan (Baluchistan)  Pakistan (2006)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3 × 2.3 cm = 2.28” × 1.18” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.4 cm = 0.31” × 0.16”

ED98J7: Miniature of excellent quality and very esthetic. It is a parallel growth of three flat prismatic crystals on Quartz matrix. The crystals are very sharp, with a perfect definition of their faces and edges and are bright and translucent.
Zard Mountain, Ras Koh Mountains, Kharan District, Balochistan (Baluchistan)  Pakistan (2005)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.9 × 1.2 cm = 1.06” × 0.75” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.4 cm = 0.79” × 0.55”

MC69X8: Group of Brookite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, that are very well defined and have uncommon sharp and flat terminations. They are on matrix, with Quartz and small Albite crystals.
Zard Mountain, Ras Koh Mountains, Kharan District, Balochistan (Baluchistan)  Pakistan (2004)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.4 × 2.6 cm = 1.77” × 1.34” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.2 cm = 0.47” × 0.47”

EM83G4: A piece for a high quality collection. The parallel growth of flat, very big, Brookite crystals, gives the sensation of a unique crystal, of bigger size. The matrix is a group of Quartz crystals, the dominant one doubly terminated.
Zard Mountain, Ras Koh Mountains, Kharan District, Balochistan (Baluchistan)  Pakistan (05/2005)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3 × 3.5 cm = 2.17” × 1.18” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 2.2 cm = 1.14” × 0.87”

ME98Y0: Parallel aggregate of bright Brookite crystals with deep color and very well defined phantom growths. They are implanted on a matrix of Quartz crystals. More esthetic than usual for Kharan Brookites.
Zard Mountain, Ras Koh Mountains, Kharan District, Balochistan (Baluchistan)  Pakistan (2004)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.3 × 3.5 cm = 2.52” × 1.69” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.6 cm = 0.47” × 0.24”

MD36AB8: Sharp Axinite-(Fe) crystals that are transparent, very bright, with a brown color and mauve shades and on a matrix with Albite crystals.
Nausherwani prospection, Char Kohan, Kharan, Kharan District, Balochistan (Baluchistan)  Pakistan

Specimen size: 7.3 × 2.9 × 3.2 cm = 2.87” × 1.14” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.8 cm = 0.59” × 0.31”

NM47AE9: Botryoidal aggregates, on matrix, with some quite well defined (more than usual for the species) crystal faces and edges. Besides the good luster we note the special quality and intensity of the color, a uniform lemon yellow. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan (Baluchistan)  Pakistan (2016)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 4.2 × 1.6 cm = 1.69” × 1.65” × 0.63”

MJ77AC6: A novelty at Munich 2015. Botryoidal aggregates, on matrix, of Brucite whose crystals are very well defined for the species. They are bright and have a color between yellow and white depending on the zones. With the Brucite, there are small white crystals that are either Hydromagnesite or Dypingite. When we have the definitive analyses we’ll notify the buyer.
This specimen was published in the magazine "Lapis" number 10/2016, page 9
Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan (Baluchistan)  Pakistan (08/2015)

Specimen size: 8.1 × 6.5 × 3.9 cm = 3.19” × 2.56” × 1.54”

TXB67CD4: Group of isolated spherical aggregates, formed of Brucite crystals with an excellent brilliant luster and with an unusual quality and intensity of the uniform lemon-yellow color. Deposited on a rock matrix partially covered by sharp Dypingite crystals. Both mineral species are found in peridotites and are a product of serpentinization in a regional ophiolitic complex.
The Dypingite has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analytical report to the buyer.
Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan (Baluchistan)  Pakistan

Specimen size: 9.2 × 7.4 × 3.4 cm = 3.62” × 2.91” × 1.34”

MC68AC6: A novelty at Munich 2015. Botryoidal aggregates, on matrix, of Brucite whose crystals are very well defined for the species. They are bright and have a color between yellow and white depending on the zones. With the Brucite, there are small white crystals that are either Hydromagnesite or Dypingite. When we have the definitive analyses we’ll notify the buyer.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a Munich 2015 new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 105 in the volume 47, number 1
Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan (Baluchistan)  Pakistan (08/2015)

Specimen size: 9.6 × 7 × 2.9 cm = 3.78” × 2.76” × 1.14”

LT68AK2: Groups of very elongated Brookite crystals, very sharp and of intense color, with epigenetic acicular Rutile crystals, as inclusions inside a bright and very clear colorless Quartz crystal. An excellent rarity. The sample is from the Philippe Morelon collection (No. 1007), whose catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Taftan, Chagai District, Balochistan (Baluchistan)  Pakistan (2013)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 2.7 × 1.9 cm = 1.73” × 1.06” × 0.75”

TG87AL3: Crystal with very well defined faces and edges, gem quality, transparent, bright, with a very intense and uniform color ans with black needle inclusions of Ludwigite that are typical of this deposit.
We will send the buyer the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Sapat Gali (Suppat), Naran, Kaghan Valley, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa  Pakistan

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.94” × 0.39” × 0.31”

NC67AH1: A novelty at Tucson 2018. Very aerial parallel growth, of very sharp Augite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, very bright and on matrix with Quartz crystals and mica blades.
Shalman area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa  Pakistan (04/2017)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 3 × 1.9 cm = 1.34” × 1.18” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 1.7 cm = 1.30” × 0.67”

EF27G1: An excellent miniature of this rare species. Crystal is tabular, of very intense color, good clarity and is very aerial on its matrix.
Zagi Mountain, Kafoor Dheri  Pakistan (2005)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.3 × 1.7 cm = 1.10” × 0.91” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.6 cm = 0.35” × 0.24”

TL39H3: A jewel for an expert. Floater prismatic, doubly terminated crystal with very well defined flat faces of the pinacoid and the triangular faces of the dypyramid. Crystal is very transparent as the picture shows and has a magnificent tanned honey color.
Zagi Mountain, Kafoor Dheri  Pakistan (2005)

Specimen size: 2 × 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.79” × 0.28” × 0.24”

TN54Q7: A complete crystal of Quartz with multiple lower terminations and inclusions of acicular crystals of Astrophyllite plus fine isolated and grouped crystals of Aegirine. A sharp translucent tabular crystal of Bastnäsite-(Ce) is esthetically positioned on the Quartz.
Zagi Mountain, Kafoor Dheri  Pakistan (2005)

Specimen size: 12.3 × 10.8 × 7.8 cm = 4.84” × 4.25” × 3.07”

Main crystal size: 9.2 × 8 cm = 3.62” × 3.15”

TX56AI0: Very sharp tabular Ilmenite crystal with a predominant and very well developed pinacoid. It has fine growth striations and is very bright.
We’ll send the sample in its original Perkin’s box from the R.J. Noble collection, also containing the collection label.
Zagi Mountain, Hameed Abad Kafoor Dheri, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa  Pakistan

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.4 × 0.1 cm = 0.83” × 0.55” × 0.04”

EB96G3: A prismatic crystal, doubly terminated, transparent and of a good color. It crosses through a thin matrix of Quartz. Certainly original.
Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan (04/2005)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 2.1 × 4.6 cm = 1.85” × 0.83” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 0.8 cm = 0.83” × 0.31”

EH30AF9: Parallel growth of very sharp and doubly terminated transparent Diopside crystals that are very bright with an intense green color and a small white Albite crystal attached.
Alchuri, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan

Specimen size: 5.7 × 2.2 × 1 cm = 2.24” × 0.87” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 1.5 cm = 1.30” × 0.59”

ND27AJ9: A complete floater crystal with flat recrystallization surfaces at the base. It is flattened with parallel growths, rich in terminal faces, very bright, transparent and has a very intense, deep and uniform color.
The sample is from the Ignacio Hernández collection whose label we will send to the buyer.
Alchuri, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan

Specimen size: 4.4 × 2.2 × 0.5 cm = 1.73” × 0.87” × 0.20”

TT76H3: An elegant growth of prismatic, transparent crystals of Epidote on a dense group of Diopside crystals enhanced by white Albite crystallizations.
This specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Mineralogical Record’ on page 522 in the volume 37, number 6
Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Skardu  Pakistan (2005)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.2 × 3.1 cm = 2.68” × 1.65” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.9 cm = 0.35” × 0.35”

EQQ87CD2: Parallel growths of well-defined, shiny, deep green Diopside crystals with associated small Titanite crystals.
With numerous intertwined crystals, its appearance is very different from other diopsides.
Alchuri, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan

Specimen size: 5.8 × 2.6 × 2.2 cm = 2.28” × 1.02” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.6 cm = 0.55” × 0.24”

TL96X7: Parallel growths, with a very pronounced curvature, of crystals showing very well defined faces and edges and perfect terminations. The crystals are translucent, very bright and have a very deep green color. They are on matrix, with transparent Calcite and white small Albite . It is really a nice and special miniature.
Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Skardu  Pakistan

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.7 × 3.2 cm = 2.44” × 1.85” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.5 cm = 0.47” × 0.20”

EPR28CD2: Parallel growths of well-defined, shiny, deep green Diopside crystals with associated small Titanite crystals.
With numerous intertwined crystals, its appearance is very different from other diopsides.
Alchuri, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan

Specimen size: 6.6 × 2.1 × 1.8 cm = 2.60” × 0.83” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.5 cm = 0.79” × 0.20”

EY47W7: Aggregate on matrix of crystals with very well defined faces and edges and perfect terminations. They are translucent, very bright and have a deep and uniform green color.
Apo Ali Gun, Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan (2010)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 5.3 × 3.7 cm = 3.11” × 2.09” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.5 cm = 0.87” × 0.59”

MN26AM7: Very aerial group of sharp Titanite crystals, transparent, with bright luster and an intense green color, with areas rich in Chlorite inclusions.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Tormiq Valley, Baltistan District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan

Specimen size: 3.2 × 1.8 × 1.7 cm = 1.26” × 0.71” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.7 cm = 0.55” × 0.28”

TP26F0: Exsolution? Interrupted growth? There is some doubt about how this beautiful, floater Quartz formed. It has irregular crystalline forms with some flat faces, especially the rhombohedra near the tips. Very unusual.
Tormiq Valley, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu District, Baltistan  Pakistan (06/2003)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 2.8 × 3 cm = 2.80” × 1.10” × 1.18”

TR88AB3: Complete doubly terminated Quartz crystal on a white platy Feldspar matrix. It has very well defined left-oriented faces and exhibits Dauphiné twinning. Very esthetic due its aerial position on the Feldspar matrix.
The specimen has been published in the magazine ‘extraLAPIS’ on page 22, number 53, "Zwillinge"
Chhappu, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan (2015)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 5.3 × 4.7 cm = 3.23” × 2.09” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 7.8 × 4.2 cm = 3.07” × 1.65”

TL26: Luster and attractive form, this Ilmenite looks much more esthetic than other specimens of this species. Plus the minor white Albite makes a nice contrast.
Tormiq Valley, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu District, Baltistan  Pakistan

Specimen size: 3 × 2.2 × 2 cm = 1.18” × 0.87” × 0.79”

MF27K6: One of the novelties of Munich this year. Crystals are dipyramidal, have very well defined faces and edges, a considerable size, an attractive yellowish color, an excellent luster and are partially covered by a matrix of small Albite crystals.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2007 Munich Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 78, page 37.
Sassi, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu, Baltistan  Pakistan (08/2007)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 4.1 × 3.7 cm = 2.48” × 1.61” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 2.4 cm = 1.38” × 0.94”

EM13N8: Several crystals, one of them clearly dominant, and showing the typical Titanite twinning. They are on matrix, and have excellent luster and a nice green color.
Yuno, Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan (±2007)

Specimen size: 4 × 3.2 × 2.5 cm = 1.57” × 1.26” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.39” × 0.31”

VM47G0: Group of flat crystals, with an excellent rich green color and intense brilliance on a matrix of Calcite crystals.
Haramosh Mountains, Baltistan District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan

Specimen size: 7 × 4.4 × 4.3 cm = 2.76” × 1.73” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1.8 cm = 1.18” × 0.71”

TB91: A doubly terminated (although the terminations are not that sharp) powerful Diopside chromium rich. Great color and luster, a floater and complete on all sides.
Haramosh Mountains, Baltistan District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan (02/2001)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 2 cm = 2.68” × 0.79”

MF36K4: A novelty from Munich 2007. Excellent miniature with two dipyramidal crystals of very well defined faces and edges and great color, transparency and luster. On Calcite matrix with small crystals of Mica.
This specimen has been photographed and published as a reference for the Zircon species in the magazine ‘Lapis‘ number 06/2023, page 44
Astor Valley, Astor District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan (2007)

Specimen size: 2.3 × 1.9 × 1.1 cm = 0.91” × 0.75” × 0.43”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.1 cm = 0.55” × 0.43”

TM46G0: Two prismatic crystals with a very good definition of forms, in which the terminal faces have a good development, a very unusual feature. At the same time the crystals are aerial, standing out on the matrix.
Astor Valley, Astor District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan (2000)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.3 × 4.2 cm = 1.77” × 1.30” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 3.8 × 2 cm = 1.50” × 0.79”

EL96X0: Very sharp flattened parallel growth of quartz crystals that are transparent, very bright and with a neatly visible "faden" growth that crosses it tip to tip.
With minor green inclusions, probably of Chlorite.
Dara Ismael Khan District, South Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province  Pakistan

Specimen size: 11.6 × 3.4 × 2.4 cm = 4.57” × 1.34” × 0.94”

TH16H3: The crystal has a good degree of transparency and an excellent color. Faces and edges are more sharp than usual for the samples from the locality. Its position on a little matrix enhances the esthetic effect.
Sapat Gali (Suppat), Naran, Kaghan Valley, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa  Pakistan (2005)

Specimen size: 2.3 × 1.7 × 2.2 cm = 0.91” × 0.67” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.6 cm = 0.63” × 0.63”

TM89AD5: Single and very aerial crystal of this very uncommon borate. It has very well defined faces and edges and is colorless, translucent and bright and it is on matrix. A Hambergite of exceptional quality.
Chamachu, Haramosh Mountains, Baltistan District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan (12/2015)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.2 × 2 cm = 2.68” × 2.05” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.5 cm = 0.79” × 0.20”

TT96H9: Octahedral crystal of very well defined faces and edges of deep green color. We specially note the esthetic position of the crystal on the Quartz matrix.
Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan

Specimen size: 5.3 × 4 × 3.8 cm = 2.09” × 1.57” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 3.4 cm = 1.34” × 1.34”

MD99K6: One of the novelties of Munich this year. A group of octahedral crystal of sharp faces and edges, of deep pink color and on a Muscovite matrix.
Nagar, Hunza Valley, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan (09-10/2007)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.3 × 3.3 cm = 1.46” × 1.30” × 1.30”

MB29N6: Cuboctahedral crystal with polycrystalline growths on its faces. It has an abundant variety of internal colors and a residual matrix of Muscovite.
Nagar, Hunza Valley, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan (2008)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 6.5 × 6 cm = 2.64” × 2.56” × 2.36”

ERB67ASN2: A Topaz crystal with well-defined and sharp crystal forms, transparent, very clean, and displaying a uniform golden-brown color. The Topaz sits on a matrix of white, laminar Albite crystals (cleavelandite variety) that are intergrown.
This is a very aesthetic and balanced piece.
Dassu, Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4.6 × 4.4 cm = 1.85” × 1.81” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 3.8 × 2.1 cm = 1.50” × 0.83”

EP69M8: Parallel aggregate of doubly terminated crystals, translucent and white. Excellent sample of this rare species.
Nagar, Hunza Valley, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan (2008)

Specimen size: 7 × 4 × 2.6 cm = 2.76” × 1.57” × 1.02”

NB11F7: The crystals of Grossular have not developed completely, but their brilliance and definition are very attractive and the contrast with the white Calcite gives the whole thing a neat esthetic look.
Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan (1997)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 4.9 × 3.7 cm = 2.09” × 1.93” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 2 cm = 0.87” × 0.79”

LB10F6: The crystal has excellent color, is quite transparent and has very well- defined faces. A small area in the center where there was a contact does not detract from the attractiveness of this quite large specimen.
From the David Lucas collection (no. 218) and it comes with his label.
Nuristan Province  Afghanistan

Specimen size: 10.2 × 3.8 × 1.5 cm = 4.02” × 1.50” × 0.59”

MD16L7: Doubly terminated Spodumene crystal with very sharp faces that is not so common for the species. Transparency and color are excellent. The matrix with Quartz and Albite makes an attractive display specimen.
The sample has been noted and photographed in the monograph "Afghan Pegmatites" of the Mineralogical Record magazine on page 664 in the volume 48, number 5, September-October 2017
Mawi Pegmatite, Nilaw-Kolum, Du Ab District, Nuristan Province  Afghanistan (±1990)

Specimen size: 10.7 × 4 × 3.5 cm = 4.21” × 1.57” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 10.7 × 4 cm = 4.21” × 1.57”

NB88AI4: Single partially doubly terminated brown Manganotantalite crystal with reddish reflections and well defined faces and edges. On a Quartz matrix. The sample has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Kantiwa pegmatite, Wama District (Vama District), Nuristan Province  Afghanistan (09/2017)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 4 × 3.7 cm = 2.60” × 1.57” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 5.8 × 2.7 cm = 2.28” × 1.06”

EP73T8: An individual crystal of Pollucite of exceptional size, dodecahedral, with very well defined faces and edges, on an Albite matrix with small yellowish green crystals of Elbaite. A sample worthy of any great collection.
Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province  Afghanistan

Specimen size: 11.3 × 9 × 9.5 cm = 4.45” × 3.54” × 3.74”

TD66AL4: Matrix group of short prismatic Fluorapatite crystals, most of them doubly terminated, translucent, with a deep violet color and good luster.
We will send the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Dara-i-Pech pegmatite, Chapa Dara District, Kunar Province (Konar)  Afghanistan

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.2 × 1.6 cm = 0.94” × 0.87” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.5 cm = 0.35” × 0.20”

EZ92Y6: Single crystal with very well defined faces and edges of the trapezohedron and the dodecahedron. It is unusually transparent and on a matrix of crystallized Albite. A magnificent sample of a species difficult to obtain in crystals of such high quality.
Kunar Province (Konar)  Afghanistan

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.5 × 2.3 cm = 2.28” × 1.77” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 3.1 cm = 1.30” × 1.22”

ME37E9: A prismatic crystal that is a neat pink color, doubly-terminated, a floater, with a complex upper termination that has a rough look due to the recrystallization, and the bottom end has inclined faces. It is very clearly a twin on a plane that is parallel to the front face. There is also some associated Schorl. Really cute.
Kunar Province (Konar)  Afghanistan (2003)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.6 × 2.2 cm = 1.97” × 1.42” × 0.87”

ER90AI7: Floater parallel pair of doubly-terminated Spodumene (kunzite variety) crystals with very sharp faces and edges, between translucent and transparent, with an intense color and with an associated small group of white Albite crystals.
The sample is from the Raúl Sanabria collection whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Kunar Province (Konar)  Afghanistan (±2004)

Specimen size: 13.2 × 2.9 × 1.7 cm = 5.20” × 1.14” × 0.67”

TA16AJ0: Single crystal that has an elongated prismatic shape and very well defined faces and edges. It is transparent, bright, has a very intense honey color and is on a marble matrix. The crystal has curious “interruptions” and deviations due to tectonic effects.
The sample is from the John S. White mineral reserve (reg. 26-5-1), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan Province  Afghanistan

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.2 × 2.8 cm = 2.01” × 1.65” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 0.9 cm = 1.06” × 0.35”

MH86AI5: Dodecahedral Lazurite crystal with very well defined faces and edges, with a very deep and uniform color and on a Calcite matrix.
The sample is from the Carles Manresa collection whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan Province  Afghanistan

Specimen size: 5.3 × 4.3 × 5.1 cm = 2.09” × 1.69” × 2.01”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.7 cm = 0.67” × 0.67”

TM68D8: We waited a while before offering Afghanites on our web site. Ones we have seen before were either two expensive, not very esthetic, or a pale color. Finally we were able to locate the examples we were looking for: very esthetic, aerial crystals, intensely colored, perfect, and not too highly priced. A definitive sample, with a large main crystal standing well out from the matrix and accompanied by another small crystal. It all stands out well from the white Calcite matrix.
Sar-e Sang, Koksha, Khash  Afghanistan (2001)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 2.3 × 2.5 cm = 1.61” × 0.91” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.1 cm = 0.98” × 0.43”

TR90E4: Two parallel crystal of Spodumene, which are floaters, doubly terminated, have good transparency, are of an unusual greenish yellow color, and have a particular feature: they are associated with and partially covered by small crystals of Fluorapatite, which has good color itself. The upper tips of the Spodumenes are very well defined.
Kunar Province (Konar)  Afghanistan (2003)

Specimen size: 12.2 × 3.2 × 2.9 cm = 4.80” × 1.26” × 1.14”

MB92W5: Isolated crystal of Spodumene (Kunzite variety), on Albite matrix. The faces and edges of the prism are very well defined and the termination of the crystal is typically polycrystalline and rough. The Kunzite is very bright and shows an especially dense and uniform color. We note that samples of Spodumene on matrix are quite unusual.
Kunar Province (Konar)  Afghanistan

Specimen size: 12.9 × 9.3 × 7.5 cm = 5.08” × 3.66” × 2.95”

Main crystal size: 8 × 6 cm = 3.15” × 2.36”

ED68F4: Attractive group of numerous, very brilliant crystals that have sharply defined faces on their terminations. These are supported by a matrix of Muscovite and Limonite concretions. It is a floater specimen.
Kunar Province (Konar)  Afghanistan

Specimen size: 7.5 × 5.7 × 5.5 cm = 2.95” × 2.24” × 2.17”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.1 cm = 0.51” × 0.43”

TP56Z7: Aggregate of crystals with very well defined faces and edges and their pinacoidal termination is very well developed. They are between translucent and transparent, and have a very vivid, intense and uniform color.
Jagdalek Mine, Surobi, Kabul  Afghanistan

Specimen size: 1.5 × 0.8 × 1.1 cm = 0.59” × 0.31” × 0.43”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.35” × 0.28”

EH49W7: Sharp thick tabular spinel-twinned crystal. It is uniformly translucent, with an intense and uniform red color and it is on a Calcite matrix.
Jagdalek Mine, Surobi, Kabul  Afghanistan

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.4 × 2 cm = 1.89” × 1.34” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 0.63” × 0.55”

EQ87R3: Translucent bright individual crystal of very sharp crystalline forms and a very considerable size. This species, in the subclass of the inosilicates, is rare, especially in crystals of this size and quality.
Koksha pegmatite field, Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan Province  Afghanistan (±2004)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 3.1 × 1.8 cm = 1.34” × 1.22” × 0.71”

TH97E1: This is an excellent Hackmanite (a variety of Sodalite) with large crystal size, well defined, and magnificent color. It is also well positioned on the Matrix of Winchite, which gives great contrast. As is usual the fluorescence is great. It is a floater.
Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan Province  Afghanistan (2001)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.9 × 3.8 cm = 1.54” × 1.54” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 2.1 cm = 0.87” × 0.83”

DR59I1: The gemmy quality of this miniature is surprising, both for its transparency and its esthetic color. We also note the definition of faces and edges of the prismatic crystal.
Badakhshan Province  Afghanistan (2004)

Specimen size: 1.7 × 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.67” × 0.28” × 0.24”

MJ56AF2: A novelty at Tucson 2017. Doubly terminated and complete Phenakite crystal with a small feldspar (probably Albite) matrix. The crystal has the finely striated faces of a main prism, the smooth surfaces of a secondary prism, and the rough terminal rhombohedron. An excellent thumbnail of a species that is very uncommon at Afghanistan.
The specimen has been photographed and published as a novelty in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2017, page 69
Badakhshan Province  Afghanistan (08/2016)

Specimen size: 2 × 1.9 × 2.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.75” × 0.87”